Survey: Nearly 6 in 10 Americans Feel Cancel Culture Threatens Democracy
Nearly six in ten Americans feel that democracy is threatened in the United States due to people being afraid to voice their opinions, and that 68 percent of Americans agree that people are overly sensitive and looking for ways to be offended, according to a new survey from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE).
The notion of “cancel culture” has become increasingly pervasive throughout the past few years, with 73 percent of respondents having heard the phrase. The concept involves people, brands, historical figures, and cultural works facing public repudiation by a woke mob that now considers them overtly offensive or “problematic.”
Among those familiar with the concept of cancel culture, almost 60 percent of them said that there is “a growing cancel culture that is a threat to our freedom,” according to the study, which surveyed 2,500 adult respondents.
The survey also found that effects associated with cancel culture have led to various levels of self-censorship and concern, FIRE said.
Nearly one-quarter of people surveyed are “fairly often” or “very often” afraid to state certain opinions for fear of losing their jobs or their standings in school, while 18 percent are “afraid to say what [they] believe” for fear of the potential consequences, the study found. – READ MORE
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